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Dinesh Thangaraju

Sharpshooter · DISC type DC
Senior Software Development Manager, AWS Data Platform at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
📍 Greater Seattle Area, United States

Dinesh is a data executive and thought leader at AWS, specializing in scalable enterprise data platforms. With executive education from Stanford and Carnegie Mellon, he focuses on data democratization, governance, and security. Colleagues describe him as a dedicated, technically sound, and result-oriented leader who drives enterprise-level change initiatives.

Outside of his core role, Dinesh engages with the broader data community by participating in industry events like the CDOIQ Symposium. He actively fosters professional connections and shares insights through thought leadership articles and networking events, demonstrating a passion for continuous learning and community building.

He is a co-inventor on a U. S. patent for a system managing data permissions across disparate data sets.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Senior Software Development Manager, AWS Data Platform
Job Level
Middle
Location
Greater Seattle Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Dinesh shows up

Thorough Evaluator
Precise But Practical
ROI Driven

More than the product, they care about the impact of the product. They are not always relationship oriented. They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms.

Priorities

Topics Dinesh cares about

Enterprise Data Management
Publishes articles on reimagining how large organizations access, manage, and utilize data, blending democratization with strong governance to turn legacy systems into engines of insight.
Data Unification
Developed a personal research focus on a distributed data framework to harmonize enterprise data while allowing individual teams to maintain autonomy and ownership.
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Career

Work history

10-2021
Senior Software Development Manager, AWS Data Platform
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
5-2018 - 9-2021
Software Development Manager, AWS Data Platform
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
4-2013 - 5-2018
Senior Data Engineering Leader, AWS Data Warehouse
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
1-2012 - 4-2013
BI Engineer - HQ BI Architecture
Microsoft
7-2011 - 12-2011
Data mart/OBIEE Technical Analyst
TIAA-CREF
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
6-2019 - 5-2020
Stanford LEAD: Corporate Innovation Certificate
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
5-2021 - 9-2021
Executive Education
Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Graduate Certificate
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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